Re: [PATCH 4.9 00/35] 4.9.265-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 07:36:02PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 07:22:00PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 04:51:55PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 10:56:29AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 10:53:35AM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.9.265 release.
> > > > > There are 35 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > > let me know.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Responses should be made by Wed, 07 Apr 2021 08:50:09 +0000.
> > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Build results:
> > > > 	total: 163 pass: 163 fail: 0
> > > > Qemu test results:
> > > > 	total: 383 pass: 382 fail: 1
> > > > Failed tests:
> > > > 	parisc:generic-32bit_defconfig:smp:net,pcnet:scsi[53C895A]:rootfs
> > > > 
> > > > In the failing test, the network interfcace instantiates but fails to get
> > > > an IP address. This is not a new problem but a new test. For some reason
> > > > it only happens with this specific network interface, this specific SCSI
> > > > controller, and with v4.9.y. No reason for concern; I'll try to track down
> > > > what is going on.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Interesting. The problem affects all kernels up to and including
> > > v4.19.y. Unlike I thought initially, the problem is not associated
> > > with the SCSI controller (that was coincidental) but with pcnet
> > > Ethernet interfaces. It has been fixed in the upstream kernel with
> > > commit 518a2f1925c3 ("dma-mapping: zero memory returned from
> > > dma_alloc_*"). This patch does not apply cleanly to any of the
> > > affected kernels. I backported part of it to v4.19.y and v4.9.y
> > > and confirmed that it fixes the problem in those branches.
> > > 
> > > Question is what we should do: try to backport 518a2f1925c3 to v4.19.y
> > > and earlier, or stop testing against this specific problem.
> > > 
> > 
> > Another update: The following code change fixes the problem as well.
> > Commit 518a2f1925c3 fixes it only as side effect since it clears
> > all DMA buffers.
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
> > index c22bf52d3320..7a25ec8390e4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/pcnet32.c
> > @@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ static int pcnet32_alloc_ring(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
> >                 return -ENOMEM;
> >         }
> > 
> > -       lp->rx_ring = pci_alloc_consistent(lp->pci_dev,
> > +       lp->rx_ring = pci_zalloc_consistent(lp->pci_dev,
> >                                            sizeof(struct pcnet32_rx_head) *
> >                                            lp->rx_ring_size,
> >                                            &lp->rx_ring_dma_addr);
> > 
> > I'll submit a patch implementing that; we'll see how it goes.
> 
> Sigh. That doesn't work; upstream uses dma_alloc_coherent().
> We could apply the patch making the switch, but dma_alloc_coherent()
> doesn't clear memory in older kernels (we are back to commit 518a2f1925c3
> which is introducing that). I'll just drop pcnet tests for kernels older
> than v5.4.

If the patch above fixes this in the older kernel versions, I'm all for
taking it if needed.

thanks,

greg k-h